Or, people simply don't care anymore.
COVID became just another flu for most people, it's been a big deal three or four years ago, today hardly anyone cares.
The "real" flu is also dangerous and the vaccine is available and has hardly any side effects, yet somehow barely anyone takes it.
SSH, OpenSSL, LibreSSL, pf ...
There's not a single web server without some code from them. Every single phone, every Linux machine, and probably even Windows (citation needed) ships with some of these tools.
And you didn't hear a thing, because the OpenBSD guys just sport a smug smile and don't care about our plebian fame.
I don't think it's validation in the sense we normies felt. For regular, sane men it's more of a fitting in and being desirable kind of validation, women do the same in that age.
For him and other powerful people (but also some regular men) it's a power thing. Many powerful people are narcissists, and they live constantly under the dissonance of illusion of grandeur and inferiority complex. Essentially forcing their will onto others is a way to mitigate the latter.
Especially in terms of "legally not rape" charges, even the average man has to face terrifyingly few consequences. So many women report assaults, unwanted aggressive advances and "not exactly consensual kinds of intercourse" without the men ever facing anything serious, not even stigma. Banging blackout drunk girls is a sport for some people.
Truth is, it works often enough that they'll keep trying.
Whether it's fear, greed, or actual attraction doesn't matter to them, in their world they scored a win.
The AI will take care of it.
No humans, no hunger.
The OpenBSD folks are a weird bunch. Literally the entire Internet is built on top of their tools and libraries, and they just ignore the fame and keep dwelling in their basements.
On the other hand: most cars are not moved 23h a day. They just stand around.
A lightweight solar panel could be a worthwhile range extender in at least some climates.
I would suspect, hardly anyone who knows how to do that is stupid enough to do it.
Most modems/ISP routers are relatively secure by default.
Show me a single person that uses these tools exclusively and does not care about updating their machine.
And even then: ssh does have vulnerabilities. Email clients also usually render HTML, which means they have a browser engine under the hood.
The part is what drives me mad. Podcasts and audiobooks are not that hard to do properly. You could very easily separate them into distinct apps or at least a special tab that acts like a proper player. Instead audiobooks are basically albums.
There's a shuffle button.
On an audiobook.
I have to say, I'm so confused, how so many stupid people can make it to the top, and how well the companies often work despite them.